Re: [RC] Postive Coggins test in Chico, CA??? - Sisu West Ranch
"...In TX, ALL horses leaving your property HAVE to
have a negative coggins ..."
EIA is most prevalent in the Mississippi river
valley, TX and Florida. When testing first became available, some Florida
TB farms had 25% or more positive. The reason turned out to be (in
part) that the horses were sharing needles just like human drug
addicts. (EIA is the same type of virus as the one that causes HIV, though
EIA CAN NOT infect humans).
30 years ago some people wanted to test all US
horses and require slaughter of the positives. For various reasons this
was not done. The result is that instead of EIA being extinct like
Glanders, we still have to test millions of horses each year to keep it in
check.
By the way, even though there are some horses that
do not get sick, many do get very sick. Some die, some recover and then
get sick periodically all their lives.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
